SAN JOSE, Calif. — A NASA call for novel ideas on how to tackle its ambitious mission to capture an asteroid and park it near the moon has paid off in spades, with the agency receiving hundreds of proposals from potential partners.
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Researchers plan to launch a tiny spacecraft to Earth orbit and beyond within the next 18 months, in a key test of new propulsion technology that could help cut the cost of planetary exploration by a factor of 1,000.
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(Reuters) - A start-up asteroid mining firm that launched a crowd-funding campaign to gauge interest in a planned space telescope reached its $1 million goal, company officials said on Thursday.
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According to NASA scientists, a 1.7-mile-wide asteroid approaching Earth along with its own 2,000-foot moon is the same size as the one that wiped out the dinosaurs millennia ago. Fortunately, the colossal rocks will keep a safe distance when they swing past at 4:59 p.m. ET today.

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An artist's concept of a Solar Electric Propulsion System is seen in this NASA handout image released April 11, 2013. The use of robotics and advanced SEP technologies like this concept of an SEP-based spacecraft during NASA missions to find, rendezvous, capture and relocate an asteroid to a stable